Anti-rattler for thill-couplings



(Hommel.) P P STLES ANTI RATTLER FUR THILL GOUPLINGS.

No'. 399,447. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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FREI) III'IITIS STIIAES, F SIIIRTA, \\'IS("ONSIN.

ANTI-BATTLER FOR THILL-COLJPLINGS.

SYCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 899,44*?, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed November 8, 1888. Serial No. 290,301. (No model.)

To all 107mm/ it 71mg con/cern:

Be it known that I, 'FRED PHELPS S'JI'L'Es, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing' at Sparta, in the county of Monroe and State of\`\"iscon sin,have invented certain new and useiul Improvements inAnti-Rattlers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same., referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the t letters and figuresot' reference marked thereon, which lli'orm a part ol' thisspecification.

This invention relates to anti-rattlers t'or vehicles that are provid edwith thills or poles, and aims to contrive a simple device for taking`up the wear in the thill or pole coupling1 and preventing' an \,v lostmotion which prod nees the disagreeable noise.

The improvement consists in a strip ot' nntempered metal, rn'ettjfralilvsteel, bent api proximate/l5v in the I'orin oli' a U,and havingaset-screw screwed through one limb of the device and ad apt ed to bearagainst the other lji lnb to force the two limbs apart the properdistance. The set-screw is arranged near thedi- I, Vvided or open end ofthe device for two reasons; iirst, less pressure is required at thispoint to separate the said limbs, and, second, the sei-screw eau bereached and turned without the necessity ot' removingl the device.

In the drawings, Ifig'ure 'l is a perspective view ot' an anti-rattlerembodying my invention; 'Fien 2, a side view showingthe limbs ot thedevice separated b v dotted lines.

The device Ais composed off a strip, A, which Ais bent on itself aboutmidway of its ends into approximately the U shape shown. The setscrew Bpasses through the limb Z) of the device, and its inner end is adaptedto bear on the limb b', to 'force the two limbs b and b apart at theirtree ends.

The device is designed to be placed between the rear end of the thill orpole iron and the rear wall of the axle-slip, the closed end beingl upand the free end pointing,` down. XVhen the couplingbecomes worn,theset-screw I3 is turned in to separate the limbs Z) and Il and take upthe wear. A iam-nut may bc provided, to prevent the screw ll fromturning' back. l

IIa-ving thus described in v invention, what I el ai m, and desire tosecure b y het-ter Patent,

ll. The lierein-described anti-rattler, con.n posedoli' the strip bentin an in verted-U shape and having a set-screw passed through one of itslimbs and adapted to bear on its other limb to force the two limbs apartto take np wear, substantially as deserilnnl.

il. The hereinbeiore shown and described anti-rattler, composed of anuntempered strip of metal bent to an inverted-U shape, and the set-screwarranged at the separated ends ot' the limbs passing through one of thesaid limbs and adapted to bear ou the other limb, to force the two limbsapart to take up wear, substantially as described.

In test imony whereof I a fix m signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED PIIILPS CTILES.

lVi tnesses:

W. M. GRAHAM, II. 1I. L. (linnn.

